Zoom issues

On 3/23/20 1:56 PM, name at domain wrote:
> Does anyone know specific security issues or other specific "bad" things
> about Zoom that I can use when people are like "why don't you wanna use
> Zoom"?

Even if this were possible, we would eventually have to come clean and
confront the real issue of the licensing. But they won't care.

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"Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don’t Have a Facebook Account", and to Google: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e599/zoom-ios-app-sends-data-to-facebook-even-if-you-dont-have-a-facebook-account

I think the best answer is, "because there are better software choices available, especially for institutional users". For example, Big Blue Button. NZOSS is running an instance of BBB which you can try out using the Community Room channel:
https://nzoss.nz/covid-19-response-help-those-working-home

Here's a video from Linus Tech Tips regarding some zero-day vulnerabilities in Zoom.

https://invidio.us/watch?v=AeB3kUk5FBI

"Zoom Meetings Aren’t End-to-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing": https://theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoom-meeting-encryption/

• "A Feature on Zoom Secretly Displayed Data From People’s LinkedIn Profiles": https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/technology/zoom-linkedin-data.html
• "Thousands of Zoom video calls left exposed on open Web": https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/03/thousands-zoom-video-calls-left-exposed-open-web/

"This report examines the encryption that protects meetings in the popular Zoom teleconference app. We find that Zoom has “rolled their own” encryption scheme, which has significant weaknesses. In addition, we identify potential areas of concern in Zoom’s infrastructure, including observing the transmission of meeting encryption keys through China."
https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/

"Zoom admits cutting off activists' accounts in obedience to China": https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/12/zoom-admits-cutting-off-activists-accounts-in-obedience-to-china

Because Zoom is proprietary software. See https://www.gnu.org/education, the video explains Zoom in only 6 minutes.